Trich doan cai luong mau nhuom san chua

More than 400 artists, musicians and dancers will perform in a four-hour gala featuring cai luong (reformed opera) on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City on January 13. The event is part of a month-long programme featuring traditional Vietnamese performing arts. (Photo courtesy of the producer) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - A three-hour gala featuring cai luong (reformed opera) will be held on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in Ho Chi Minh City on January 13. The event, which is part of a month-long programme on traditional arts, celebrates 100 years of cai luong, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports. It will feature 400 young and veteran performers, musicians and dancers, many of them working for leading State-owned traditional art troupes in the city and southern provinces. Cai luong stars of different generations, including People’s Artist Le Thuy, Minh Vuong, Thanh Dien and Thanh Kim Hue, have contributed to the art’s development. The artists … [Read more...] about 100 years of cai luong celebrated in HCM City

Attending at the event were Vice chairwoman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyen Thi Thu and representatives of departments, associations and organizations, along with artists, musicians, scriptwriters and cai luong devotees. In addition, a photography exhibition featuring 100 portraits of artists, and theatrical supplies and equipment was opened in the theater. Visitors have a chance to enjoy performances of popular cai luong excerpts from now until December 20. On this occasion, an art program marking the 40th death anniversary of the legendary cai luong actress Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga; and a ceremony honoring 11 renowned traditional cai luong families, artists and theater staff personnel who have outstanding contribution to the traditional stage art will take place in Nguyen Hue walking street on January 10-14, 2019. A meeting with the participation of city’s leaders and artists will be organized at Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee head office on January … [Read more...] about HCMC kicks off series of events marking 100 years of cai luong

Scene at the event (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A programme featuring an exhibition and performances of cai luong (reformed opera) opened at Tran Huu Trang Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17 to celebrate 100 years of the art form. The event introduced to visitors the development of cai luong over the past 10 decades, with artists from the theatre staging excerpts from different periods in the art’s history. The performers also showed their audiences props, costumes and make-up techniques used for cai luong plays. As part of the three-day programme, nearly 100 paintings by Truong Van Y are on display, featuring portraits of renowned cai luong artists and playwrights like Vien Chau, Cao Van Lau, Ut Tra On and Dinh Bang Phi. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Huynh Thanh Nhan, Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, said from its southern cradle, cai luong has reached audiences nationwide, becoming a distinct art of the south. Nhan expected the … [Read more...] about Exhibition and performances mark 100 years of cai luong

The large-scale program aims to honor and promote cai luong, a traditional southern Vietnamese form of theater. A photography exhibition features 100 portraits of artists, and theatrical supplies and equipment will be held at Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theater and Nguyen Hue walking street on January 10-14, 2019. In addition, devotees will have a chance to enjoy performances of popular cai luong plays at Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theater on December 17-20. An art program marking the 40th death anniversary of the legendary cai luong actress Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga; and a ceremony honoring 11 renowned traditional cai luong families, and artists and theater staff personnel who have outstanding contribution to the traditional stage art will take place in Nguyen Hue walking street on January 10-14. A meeting with the participation of city’s leaders and artists will be organized at Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee head office on January 19, 2019. By THUY BINH – Translated … [Read more...] about HCMC to host cultural activities marking 100th anniversary of Cai Luong Stage

This year’s event will present to devotees 32 cai luong plays which will be performed by 25 theaters and art troupes, including Vietnam Cai Luong Theater, Dong Nai Traditional Art Theater, Hanoi Cai Luong Theater, Tay Do Theater, Dong Thap province’s art troupe, the art troupe of Military Zone 9, Long An province’s art troupe, the People’s Cai Luong group of Kien Giang province, Cao Van Lau Theater and others. Ho Chi Minh City has the largest number of art troupes participating in the event, consisting of Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theater, the HCM City Stage Association, Youth World Theatre of the HCMC College of., Stage and Cinema, Le Hoang Stage, Nguyen Vinh Loc Ltd Performances will take place at the theater of Long An province’s art troupe, and in HCM City’s theaters of Hoa Binh, Tran Huu Trang Theater and Cong Nhan. The festival aims to keep the tradition of Cai Luong alive in the community and foster a love of this particular kind of music … [Read more...] about 2018 National Cai Luong Festival opens

Young actors Thai Vinh (L) and Binh Tinh perform in Loan Chien Phung Hoang Cung (War of Thrones), a cai luong play staged by Le Hoang Drama Troupe, one of the HCM City’s private traditional art theatres (Photo courtesy of the producer) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Leading theatres and art troupes in HCM City are working to preserve cai luong (reformed opera) by using young actors in their new productions. Le Hoang Drama Troupe, a private art troupe, offers a series of new plays featuring historical events and characters in a modern style staged by young actors. One of the troupe’s featured plays is Loan Chien Phung Hoang Cung (War of Thrones), a production featuring historical events and characters. The play has attracted young talents such as Thai Vinh, Binh Tinh and Dang Khoa who were trained at art schools and by their parents who are cai luong stars. The work, which is being performed every weekend, has attracted many young audiences. “Loan Chien … [Read more...] about HCM City theatres work to preserve cai luong

(VEN) - Artists from around Vietnam joined recently to celebrate the 100th anniversary of cai luong, a form of modern folk opera that originated in Southern Vietnam in the early 20th century, blending folk songs, classical music, classical theater form based on Chinese opera, and modern drama. Traditional with modern The highlight of the anniversary events was the staging of the play “Thay Ba Doi” (Teacher Ba Doi) at the Hanoi Opera House and in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of nearly 90 artists. The 150-minute play portrays the career of famous musician Nguyen Quang Dai, a guru of cai luong who helped develop tai tu music, a genre of traditional music, and cai luong. The play, combining both traditional and modern performance styles, is based on Vietnamese society in 1888, when the French colonialists exiled King Ham Nghi to Africa. The King entrusted musician Nguyen Quang Dai with preserving the royal court music in the dynastic capital Hue, and Dai had to … [Read more...] about Vietnamese artists celebrate “cai luong” opera centennial

People’s Artist Bach Tuyet will offer online training in cai luong (reformed opera), a genre of southern traditional theatre, for young people next month as part of the city’s Theatre Artists Association’s celebration of 100 years of the art form. People’s Artist Bach Tuyet, a guru of cai luong (reformed opera), a part of the southern region’s traditional music that began 100 years ago. Photo courtesy of Cho Lon Theatre Tuyet, who is considered a cai luong guru, and has spent more than 60 years on the stage, said her courses would provide participants with performance skills in singing vong co (nostalgia tunes) and cai luong. “I hope my experience will help young people worldwide love and understand traditional Vietnamese music and theatre,” said the 74-year-old who has written many documentaries and books on cai luong. “To preserve this art, we need to expand it among young generations,” she said. Tuyet said … [Read more...] about Cai luong star offers online training for young fans

Meritorious Artist Le Tu (R), who has nearly 20 years in the theatre, one of the four artists to play the role of Thay Ba Doi (Teacher Ba Doi), a cai luong play featuring 50 veteran artists that celebrates 100 years of the art (Photo courtesy of the producer) HCM City (VNA) – As many as 50 talented artists of the Vietnam Cai Luong Theatre of Hanoi and Tran Huu Trang Theatre of HCM City staged a play on April 29 in the Mekong Delta province of Long An to celebrate 100 years of cai luong (reformed opera). The 150-minute play, Thay Ba Doi (Teacher Ba Doi), portrays the career of famous musician Nguyen Quang Dai, a guru of cai luong who helped develop tai tu music, a genre of traditional music, and cai luong in the South. It focuses on the career of the musician in 1885, when he moved from his birthplace, the central city of Hue, to Saigon (HCM City now) to teach tai tu music. It aimed to honour the contributions of Dai in promoting Hue royal music and cai luong. The play … [Read more...] about 50 artists stage to celebrate 100 years of cai luong

The 150-minute show, Thay Ba Doi (Teacher Ba Doi), portrays the career of famous musician Nguyen Quang Dai, a guru of cai luong who helped develop tai tu music, a genre of traditional music, and cai luong in the South. A scene in a cai luong play. Photo: VNS The play, which stars talented artists of the Vietnam Cai Luong Theater of Hanoi and Tran Huu Trang Theatre of HCM City, will combine both traditional and modern performance styles. The producers at both theaters have spent a lot for the production, including costumes, sound and light effects, according to Meritorious Artist Nguyen Trung Kien, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Cai Luong Theater, one of the play’s four directors. "We want to satisfy audiences who want to enjoy cai luong with something new," said Kien in a recent interview with HCM City-based Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. "We promise a great spectacle of music and images." Thay Ba Doi focuses on the career of musician Dai in 1885, when he moved … [Read more...] about Play celebrates 100 years of cai luong